योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-20, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
बाल्यानर्थमथ त्यक्त्वा पुमानभिहताशयः ।
आरोहति निपाताय यौवनं संभ्रमेण तु ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bālyānarthamatha tyaktvā pumānabhihatāśayaḥ ,
ārohati nipātāya yauvanaṃ saṃbhrameṇa tu 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca bālya-anartham atha tyaktvā pumān
abhihatāśayaḥ ārohati nipātāya yauvanam saṃbhrameṇa tu

1. śrīrāma uvāca atha pumān bālya-anartham tyaktvā
abhihatāśayaḥ tu saṃbhrameṇa yauvanam nipātāya ārohati

1. Śrī Rāma said: Then, having abandoned the troubles of childhood, a person with a perplexed mind indeed enters youth with eagerness, (only) for a fall.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• बाल्य-अनर्थम् (bālya-anartham) - the trouble of childhood, childhood's futility

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• पुमान् (pumān) - a person, a man, a male being

• अभिहताशयः (abhihatāśayaḥ) - whose mind is perplexed, whose intention is bewildered

• आरोहति (ārohati) - enters youth (ascends, climbs, enters)

• निपाताय (nipātāya) - for a fall, for downfall, for ruin

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, young age, juvenility

• संभ्रमेण (saṁbhrameṇa) - with confusion, with agitation, with haste, with eagerness

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, certainly, on the other hand

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

बाल्य-अनर्थम् (bālya-anartham) - the trouble of childhood, childhood's futility

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bālya-anartha

bālya-anartha - the trouble/harm/futility of childhood

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bālya+anartha)

• bālya – childhood, infancy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'bāla' (child)
• anartha – trouble, harm, misfortune, futility, uselessness
  noun (masculine)
  Negation 'an' + 'artha' (purpose, wealth, meaning)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'tyaj' with suffix '-ktvā'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पुमान् (pumān) - a person, a man, a male being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pumans

pumans - a man, male, person, spirit, soul

अभिहताशयः (abhihatāśayaḥ) - whose mind is perplexed, whose intention is bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhihatāśaya

abhihatāśaya - having a bewildered/perplexed mind, whose intention is struck down

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (abhihata+āśaya)

• abhihata – struck, afflicted, bewildered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike) with prefix 'abhi'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)
• āśaya – mind, intention, thought, disposition
  noun (masculine)

आरोहति (ārohati) - enters youth (ascends, climbs, enters)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-ruh

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

निपाताय (nipātāya) - for a fall, for downfall, for ruin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nipāta

nipāta - a fall, falling down, downfall, ruin, destruction

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, young age, juvenility

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, young age, juvenility

Derived from 'yuvan' (young)

संभ्रमेण (saṁbhrameṇa) - with confusion, with agitation, with haste, with eagerness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃbhrama

saṁbhrama - confusion, agitation, haste, eagerness, hurry, error

Derived from root 'bhram' (to wander) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: bhram (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, certainly, on the other hand

(indeclinable)